Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Sept. 20 – On this day in Montana
History in 1942 quotas were established by the War Production Board in Helena
for all Montana counties to save kitchen fat. Advertisements appeared across
the state urging housewives to “Save Waste Fats for Explosives” for the World
Was Two effort. It was said that 3 pounds of fat could provide enough glycerin
to make a pound of gunpowder.